Al Jazeera English have uploaded the documentary “Kuwait: The class of 1990” on to YouTube. It’s 47 minutes long so I haven’t watched it yet but should do so tonight. [YouTube]
Thanks Moey
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This is what happens when you throw a brick into a washing machine. Action starts at the 55 second mark. [YouTube]
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Parkour with Ladders
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Kuwait: Class Of 1990
Anyone know when this documentary on Al Jazeera will be showing or if they’ve already shown it. The subject seems very interesting since its about reuniting class mates years after the 1990 Iraqi invasion. In 1990 I graduated from Sunshine School which ceased to exist right after the Iraqi invasion (later it became BSK). I never ended up seeing anyone ever again but with the help of the Sunshine School Facebook group I was able to get in touch with some of them again. [YouTube]
Update: Taken from the Al Jazeera website
On August 2, 1990, the Iraqi army invaded the emirate of Kuwait, which Saddam Hussein, the then Iraqi president, had declared Iraq’s 19th province.
The occupation of Kuwait may have only lasted seven months, yet the memory of it remains strong, not least in the minds of the children of that conflict.
At the end of the school year of 1990, students in an international school in Kuwait said their final farewells as they headed off for the summer holidays. Many of them would never meet again.
Al Jazeera’s Nashwa Nasreldin was one of those whose family was forced to relocate following the invasion.
Twenty years on, she returns to Kuwait, the country of her birth, along with a group of her classmates as they organise a reunion to find out what happened to their friends – and their school – during the war that separated them.
Kuwait: The class of 1990 can be seen from Monday, August 2, 2010 at the following times GMT: Monday: 1900; Tuesday: 0600; Wednesday: 0300; Thursday: 1400; Friday: 0600; Saturday: 1900; Sunday: 0300.
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Kuwait in 1975
Here is some more old footage of Kuwait. This time around it’s 1975. The video has a lot of footage of the Gulf Road, Kuwait City and other various places around Kuwait. Good stuff. [YouTube]
Note: The video contains no sound.
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Xterra vs Dunes FAIL
This amazing and rare footage was shot with an 8mm camera back in the late 60’s early 70’s here in Kuwait. I think Kuwait looked better back then, I mean we had white picket fences! (Ignore the last minute of the video since that’s Lebanon not Kuwait) [YouTube]
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Young Imam Show
I heard about this reality show this morning on BBC and thought it was extremely creative. Young Imam is a popular reality TV show in Malaysia where the winner of the show wins a car, a scholarship to study in Saudi Arabia, some cash, a pilgrimage to Mecca and gets to be an Imam of a mosque. It’s such a smart idea and it seems to be working really well in attracting younger people back into religion. I found a good article about the show on the Wall Street Journal which is where I got the video above from. You can check out the article by clicking [Here]
Our local psychic goat here in Kuwait has predicted Uruguay to win over Germany at the World Cup. [YouTube]
Saw this on iLSuL6ana’s blog and found it hilarious. [YouTube]
Update: He’s released part 2! [YouTube]
A lot of phones have reception problems, you just never notice them. I had the E71 for a few months and never noticed this reception issue or had a reception issue. I am assuming once I have my iPhone 4 I also won’t notice any reception problems. [YouTube]
Update: It takes just 1 finger to mess everything up in the iPhone 4…
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Donuts in broad daylight
His license plate number clearly shows in the video so maybe by posting it he might end up getting fined or arrested. [YouTube]
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DJ Tranzit in Kuwait
Remember my post on the Embassy of Sound party? Well I found another video of another one of their parties. A DJ that came to Kuwait filmed his stay here and then posted the video on YouTube for all of us to enjoy. He stayed at the Hilton, had a fridge full of booze, ate some shawerma and then partied. Enjoy it before they take the video down. [YouTube]
I can’t believe this is real! [Link]